Purpose: It being the founding premise of our Union that all people are created equal, it should be the public policy of the United States of America that discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex is prohibited.
Petition: We the undersigned demand that Congress enact and the President sign legislation to expand the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and all other federal civil rights laws to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex.
As Michelle Obama said, "We are all only here because of those who marched and bled and died, from Selma to Stonewall, in the pursuit of a more perfect union." We stand united in that struggle and will not accept any effort to roll back the protections of the Civil Rights Act. But we must insist that they be expanded in order for the Act to truly live up to its name.
And to those who say we can't have equal rights now, we say "Yes we can!"
Targets: President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid and all members of Congress
Defying recent efforts to demonize and penalize openly gay teachers, Matt Tratner, a beloved teacher and guidance counselor at New York's prestigious John Bowne High School, went to work today wearing a shirt that boldly states "OUT And I'm not alone."
readResponding to the Ninth Circuit's reinstatement of Don't Ask Don't Tell yesterday, Lt. Dan Choi announced that he will not vote for President Obama's re-election. When asked by Wolf Blitzer whether the President would follow the advice of former Solicitor General Walter Dilliger to appeal the district court's ruling while stating clearly that he believes the law to be unconstitutional, Valerie Jarrett said only that he wants the law repealed by Congress. Translation? The President won't say that he thinks the law is unconstitutional. No wonder Lt. Dan Choi doesn't trust the White House.
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